Press Releases June 12, 2007
NEW YORK, June 12 — U.S. and Canadian university students joined apparel and service workers today to announce the beginning of a Back-to-School boycott of American Eagle Outfitters near the retailer’s Union Square store. Today’s rally coincided with American Eagle’s annual shareholder meeting in midtown Manhattan and featured hundreds of activists pledging not to purchase […]
Posts March 26, 2007
Nearly 500 people gathered to watch as UNITE HERE, the New York City Fire Department, city officials, workers and school children commemorated the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. The fire claimed the lives of 146 immigrant garment workers, mostly young women. Among those officials who joined UNITE HERE General President Bruce Raynor in marking […]
Posts November 18, 2011
Hotel Management Posts Sexually Suggestive Photos of Employees and Fires Housekeeper Who Objects Martha Reyes came to work and found men laughing at pictures of Hyatt housekeepers whose faces were pasted atop bikini-clad cartoon images on the company’s bulletin board. Humiliated, Martha Reyes tore down the photographs of her and her sister Lorena. Both sisters […]
Press Releases July 17, 2009
In response to Andy Stern’s July 7th memo that fictitiously claims that SEIU has stopped its anti-union raiding of UNITE HERE members and jurisdictions, UNITE HERE President John Wilhelm has released the following document that details SEIU’s ongoing actions. The attached documents show continued interference by SEIU in UNITE HERE contract negotiations, new organizing drives, […]
Press Releases May 16, 2006
Penalties continue to mount against uniform giant Cintas Corp. for violating Hayward, California’s living-wage law. With the latest ruling by a state court judge, the Cincinnati-based firm now owes workers and the State of California over $1.4 million in back pay, interest and penalties. On May 11, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Steven Brick ordered […]
Posts July 11, 2016
This statement courtesy of our coalition partners in Orlando. As we approach one month since the massacre at Pulse Nightclub and continue to be plagued with violence, it is clear that our elected leaders have failed us. Today, residents of Orlando begin a #SitInForThe49 to demand action of Sen. Marco Rubio and all elected officials […]
Press Releases April 14, 2005
Cincinnati, OH – Cintas Corporation (CTAS) disclosed that the company is now the subject of additional Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigations with the agency’s filing of two new charges. The first charge alleged Cintas failed to hire and assign females to certain production positions, and the second charge alleged Cintas failed to hire and […]
Press Releases March 9, 2010
Three bellmen and a housekeeper to attend annual meeting in San Antonio, supporting ‘Say on Pay’ initiative and contrasting executive and worker compensation ANAHEIM–Three bellmen and a housekeeper from the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. will travel to San Antonio this week to attend the Walt Disney Corporation’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, March 10. […]
Press Releases December 15, 2004
Vallejo, CA-On the day of their union contract expiration, laundry workers from Angelica Textile Services joined with members and leaders of local unions to demand significant improvements to working conditions. In contract negotiations with Angelica, the country’s leading industrial healthcare laundry company, workers are seeking changes reduce the risk of injury from dangerous equipment, hazardous […]
Press Releases February 3, 2005
San Francisco — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed papers in federal court Tuesday supporting a discrimination lawsuit against Cintas Corp. Cincinnati-based Cintas is the country’s largest provider of work uniforms. “After a review of the available evidence, EEOC has determined that there is sufficient and reasonable basis to believe that Cintas discriminates against […]